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A Derby woman claims she was left shaken after her New Year's Day taxi driver "drove off" with the passenger door open.

Footage has appeared on social media showing an alleged stand-off between revellers and a taxi driver, in Village Street, early on January 1, before the taxi suddenly drives off down the road with the front left-side door still open.

Susan Ford, of Littleover, says she was in the front passenger seat of the PJ Cars taxi and claims that, as she got in, he began driving without warning and with the door open.

Staff at PJ Cars have confirmed that a driver has been suspended after management saw the "reckless driving" in the video.

Ms Ford, 45, said: "I couldn't believe what was happening. It had been a really good night, everyone had seen in the New Year and then this all happened.

"He drove off while the car door was still open. He could have taken me anywhere.

"The whole thing has left me really shaken. It has put me off getting a taxi again."

Footage appears to show a taxi drive away while the passenger door was still open

Ms Ford said she had been helping her friend behind the bar at the Norman Arms on New Year's Eve and was getting a taxi home when the alleged incident happened.

Footage of the incident was uploaded to Facebook and appears to show a taxi drive away while the passenger door was still open.